To Meld or not to Meld...

Because I'm wracked by indecision, I'd like to ask my fellow crafters what you are doing with your 2 star crafted gear? Are you melding them with tier 4s even though you can't reach the cap on some pieces or are you holding out in hopes a reliable source of tier 5 materia is released? Part of me wants to hold out but another part of me thinks they won't be introduced until 3.10. Thoughts?

If you can afford two star gear, you can afford to throw sub-par materia into them and re-meld later.

I would meld on the cheaper side and wait and see before going for the crazy melds xD

Except for maybe the accessoires, as they can be capped with only 1 grade V I think.

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Originally Posted by scarebearz

I would meld on the cheaper side and wait and see before going for the crazy melds xD

Except for maybe the accessoires, as they can be capped with only 1 grade V I think.

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yeah
1x Craftsmanship V
2x CP IV
2x Control IV

caps them

Its a bit cheapter to do
1x Control V
2x CP IV
1x Craftsmanship IV + 1x Craftsmanship I OR 1x Craftsmanship II + 1x Craftsmanship III

but then youre missing out 1 Control from the cap.


I will be only crafting and melding accessories and belt, while also crafting the tools but using them without melds
Not sure if i even bother with the AF2 since they are pretty bad without melds for the effort and its too expensive to meld 8 sets

Also you can cap the rings without any V.

After hearing that a nerf if coming for red scrip gear. I'm only melding the accessories and collecting red scrips for ilvl180 gear from next week

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Originally Posted by scarebearz

I would meld on the cheaper side and wait and see before going for the crazy melds xD

Except for maybe the accessoires, as they can be capped with only 1 grade V I think.

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There's been like 4 grade 5 crafting materias sold on my server period so far. I bought the only one up yesterday :( I guess the good news is with tier 4s found on airships, there could be an influx into the market reducing the price of them. I think you're right though. Maybe I'll just put 3 tier 4s into my body piece for now and see what happens before going for the crazy overmelds.

Well aside from the mainhand and body, to a less extent, the other pieces are better than their red scrip counterparts with only a couple of melds really. But I see where you're coming from nonetheless.

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Originally Posted by Kabooa

If you can afford two star gear, you can afford to throw sub-par materia into them and re-meld later.

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To be fair, you can craft the 2 stars with a budget set + food and gather all the mats yourself. So you don't necessarily have to be swimming in Gil to craft your own gear. Although melding 8 sets of it would be a huge investment if you went that route.

where is the info about new meld caps from and how reliable is it?

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Originally Posted by Alexiell

where is the info about new meld caps from and how reliable is it?

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http://www.garlandtools.org/db
I'd say very very reliable.

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Originally Posted by tomtensfarfar

http://www.garlandtools.org/db
I'd say very very reliable.

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thank you.